George Washington Cullum

George Washington Cullum (25 February 1809-28 February 1892) was a Union Army Major-General during the American Civil War.

Biography
George Washington Cullum was born in New York City, New York in 1809, and he was raised in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He graudated third in the West Point Class of 1833 and served in the US Army Corps of Engineers, supervising several construction projects of forts, batteries, and sea walls along the East Coast before the American Civil War broke out. In 1848, he introduced a type of pontoon bridge which was used in the Mexican-American War, and, when the American Civil War broke out, he was made a Brigadier-General and chief of staff to Henry Halleck. He served as chief engineer at the Siege of Corinth and spent the rest of the war inspecting defenses around the country, serving as Superintendent of West Point from 1864 to 1866 and retiring from active service on 13 January 1874. He went on to move to New York City and become Vice President of the American Geographical Society, and he died in 1892.